The denial comes just one day after Russian President Vladimir Putin made information on Russian casualties in peacetime a secret.
The location of the U.S.-led drills has led the Kremlin to conclude that they will simulate interception of Russian ballistic missiles.
More than 6,000 people have been killed in eastern Ukraine since April 2014 "in spite of successive ceasefires," the U.N. Human Rights Office has said.
The Russian president approved legislation Thursday that made information on peacetime casualties a secret.
The defense linkup between the two Scandinavian countries comes as Russia steps up activity in the Baltic.
A Russian interceptor plane shot down a cruise missile fired by a Russian bomber in a simulated mission in the country's Northwest.
Russia's army is massing troops and hundreds of pieces of weaponry at a makeshift base near the border with Ukraine, a Reuters reporter saw this week, according to an exclusive report.
Russia is digging ditches to slow munitions and intruders moving into the country across its western border.
France will now negotiate compensation with Russia after both sides decided that the two warships could not be delivered.
The cuts are part of a $1.8 billion restructuring plan to fix the carrier’s sagging public image and financial woes in the wake of the MH370 and MH17 tragedies.
Russia's next-door neighbor has a new government, which has left open the option of joining NATO in the next four years.
The International Atomic Energy Agency says officials failed to sufficiently safeguard the Fukushima nuclear power plant before it was damaged by a tsunami.
Local officials say the separatist commander was taken out by a car bomb and machine-gun ambush.
Poland’s presidential election Sunday is a wake-up call to the country’s centrists ahead of autumn parliamentary polls.
Ukraine steelmaker Metinvest said on Sunday it has halted production at its Avdiyivka facility in eastern Ukraine, one of Europe's biggest coke plants, after shelling caused major damage.
Swedish singer Mans Zelmerlow impressed voters worldwide on the Eurovision stage with pop tune and light show.
One Ukrainian serviceman was killed and five wounded in clashes between government forces and Russian-backed separatists over the past 24 hours, despite a ceasefire.
This year's annual international song contest will be held this weekend.
An Amnesty International report found prisoners on both sides, including soldiers and civilians, have been tortured.
The vessel's deployment is part of a larger plan to contribute toward the collective security of America's NATO allies.
Facebook, Twitter and Google have been accused by the Russian government of violating the country's "blogger law" — a law that gives the country censorship capabilities.
Eurovision 2015 organizers are preparing to use "anti-booing" technology if the audience heckles Russian contestants.
